Purple Cheeto
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Is DeAndre Jordan at least good at basketball?
He lead the league in rebounds, field goal percentage and was 4th in blocks.
Of course the FG% is misleading because he can't shoot to save his life and all his baskets are on offensive rebounds or dunks off passes from CP3 and Blake. Blocks are almost like sacks, they're flashy and showy but some guys fall too in love with getting blocks to the point that they're actually awful on defense (cough Jared Allen cough).
DeAndre's defense has improved under Doc Rivers, advanced metrics suggest he's not as good as his reputation but I think he's still a plus rim protector which is a pretty valuable skill.
The Clippers don't really need or rely on him to be much of an asset on offense (which is good because like I said he has no offensive game at all) but he is pretty important to their defense.
He's not really the kind of player normal people would consider a "Max" player, but in the funny money of the NBA salary cap he is one.